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All the above were still in course of construction at the close of the year. Item (ii) necessitated a resumption of land which cost $4,500.
1908. Estimates, 1908. Expenditure,
$12,000.00 5,975.0065. Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill.-The machinery for dropping the time ball was all in working order early in the year, the ball being dropped on the 8th January. The total cost of the building, including transfer of machinery and repairing and fixing same was $6,543.28.
1908. Estimates, .... 1908. Expenditure,
$1,245.00 Total Estimates, ......... $7,800.00 1,230.83 Expenditure to 31/12/08,... 6,543.2866. Land Office at Tai Po.-This work was finally completed in August, continued bad weather and sickness among the workmen having impeded its progress. The building was however sufficiently advanced to admit of the two northern rooms being occupied by the Assistant Land Officer in the beginning of June, and the remaining two rooms by the end of June.
The building contains four rooms, the dimensions of which vary from 26' x 17' to 17' x 17' with verandahs on the east and west fronts 10' 0" and 8' 6" wide respectively and a corridor 8' 0" wide. The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar, pointed externally and plastered internally. A granite string course with blocking course terminates the east verandah. The roofs of the verandahs are of cement concrete 6" thick supported on 3" x 3" steel angles and finished with granolithic 1" thick, and those of the rest of the building are of double pan and roll tiling supported on hardwood purlins and principals. The floors of the rooms are of hardwood, 1$\frac{1}{4}$" thick, secured to hardwood fillets bedded in cement concrete 6" thick and those of the corridor and verandahs are of cement concrete 4" thick, the corridor being finished with 4" x 4" red tiles and the verandahs with granolithic 1" thick. A small brick latrine with double pan and roll tiled roof was erected near the Land Office.
The cost of the building including formation of site, paths, wall, etc., was $16,167.98 and furniture for the offices was supplied at a cost of $515.80-total $16,683.78.
1908. Estimates,... 1908. Expenditure,..
$15,000.00 Total Estimates,.... $18,000.00 13,753.62 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 16,687.94As it was found necessary to utilize a portion of the building temporarily as quarters, a matshed was subsequently erected for coolies, also a kitchen and bath room, at a cost of $343.50.
67. Market near Quarry Bay.--This market, known as the Sai Wan Ho Market, was described in last year's report. It was completed in January at a total cost of $9,235.52.
1908. Estimates,
4,000.00 Total Estimates, ......... $11,000.00 3,660.25 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 9,235.5268. Slaughter House and Animal Depôts in Kowloon. This work was finally completed in November at a total cost of $66,889.91, towards which a sum of $18,000 was contributed from Railway Funds as mentioned in para. 93 of last year's report, where a general description of the work is given. In addition to the buildings there mentioned, an isolation shed, 60' x 12', has been erected.
The buildings were occupied by the Sanitary Department in March, the delay in completion being due to the difficulty of deciding upon a site for the isolation shed.
1908. Estimates,.... -$52,000.00
Total Estimates,......... $70,000.00 1908. Expenditure,......... 48,889.91 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 48,889.9169. Extension of old Stables to provide additional office accommodation required for Public Works Department.-The old stable building was extended and the walls were raised so as to provide a second storey throughout the full length of the building. The work was well advanced at the end of the year.
1908. Estimates,.......... $10,000.00
Total Estimates,............ $12,000.00 1908. Expenditure,. 6,851.77 Expenditure to 31/12/08,... 6,851.7770. Wanchai School Extension.-A contract was let in March and completed in August for extending this School so as to practically double its former accommodation, a portion of the new building being utilized for an assistant master's room and office. New and enlarged latrines and out-buildings were also constructed. The total cost of the work was $8,996.02.
1908. Estimates, 1908. Expenditure,
$9,000.00 Total Estimates,.......... $9,000.00 8,996.02 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 8,996.02P 19
All the above were still in course of construction at the close of the year. Item (ii) necessitated a resumption of land which cost $4,500.
1908. Estimates, 1908. Expenditure,
.$12,000.00 5,975.00
65. Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill.-The machinery for dropping the time ball was all in working order early in the year, the ball being dropped on the 8th January. The total cost of the building, including transfer of machinery and repairing and fixing same was $6,543.28.
1908. Estimates, .... 1908. Expenditure,
$1,245.00 Total Estimates, .........
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$7.800.00 1,230.83 | Expenditure to 31/12/08,... 6,543.28
66. Land Office at Tai Po.-This work was finally completed in August, continued bad weather and sickness among the workmen having impeded its progress. The building was however sufficiently advanced to admit of the two northern rooms being occupied by the Assistant Land Officer in the beginning of June, and the remaining two rooms by the end of June.
The building contains four rooms, the dimensions of which vary from 26' x 17' to 17' x 17' with verandahs on the east and west fronts 10' 0" and 8' 6" wide respectively and a corridor 8' 0" wide. The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar, pointed externally and plastered internally. A granite string course with blocking course terminates the east verandab. The roofs of the verandahs are of cement concrete 6" thick supported on 3" x 3" steel angles and finished with granolithic 1" thick, and those of the rest of the building are of double pan and roll tiling supported on hardwood purlins and principals. The floors of the rooms are of hardwood, 14" thick, secured to hardwood fillets bedded in cement concrete 6" thick and those of the corridor and verandahs are of cement concrete 4" thick, the corridor being finished with 4" x 4" red tiles and the verandahs with granolithic 1" thick. A small brick latrine with double pan and roll tiled roof was erected near the Land Office.
The cost of the building including formation of site, paths, wall, etc., was $16,167.98 and furniture for the offices was supplied at a cost of $515.80-total $16,683.78.
1908. Estimates,... 1908. Expenditure,..
.$15,000.00 | Total Estimates,....
$18,000.00
13,753.62 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 16,687.94
As it was found necessary to utilize a portion of the building temporarily as quarters, a matshed was subsequently erected for coolies, also a kitchen and bath room, at a cost of $343.50.
67. Market near Quarry Bay.--This market, known as the Sai Wan Ho Market, was described in last year's report. It was completed in January at a total cost of $9,235.52.
1908. Estimates,
4,000.00 Total Estimates, .........$11,000.00
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1908. Expenditure, .......... 3,660.25 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 9,235.52
68. Slaughter House and Animal Depôts in Kowloon. This work was finally com- pleted in November at a total cost of $66,889.91, towards which a sum of $18,000 was con- tributed from Railway Funds as mentioned in para. 93 of last year's report, where a general description of the work is given. In addition to the buildings there mentioned, an isolation shed, 60' x 12', has been erected.
The buildings were occupied by the Sanitary Department in March, the delay in com- pletion being due to the difficulty of deciding upon a site for the isolation shed.
1908. Estimates,.... -$52,000.00 | Total Estimates,......... $70,000.00 1908. Expenditure,......... 48,889.91 | Expenditure to 31/12/08, 48,889.91
69. Extension of old Stables to provide additional office accommodation required for Public Works Department.-The old stable building was extended and the walls were raised so as to provide a second storey throughout the full length of the building. The work was well advanced at the end of the year.
1908. Estimates,.......... $10,000.00 | Total Estimates,............$12,000.00 1908. Expenditure,. 6,851.77 Expenditure to 31/12/08,... 6,851.77
70. Wanchai School Extension.-A contract was let in March and completed in August for extending this School so as to practically double its former accommodation, a portion of the new building being utilized for an assistant master's room and office. New and enlarged latrines and out-buildings were also constructed. The total cost of the work was $8,996.02.
1908. Estimates, 1908. Expenditure,
$9,000.00 | Total Estimates,.. .... $9,000.00 8,996.02 Expenditure to 31/12/08, 8,996.02
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